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Nektar Therapeutics Announces Private Placement Of $125 Million Of Senior Secured Notes Due In 2017

About Nektar Nektar Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its PEGylation and advanced polymer conjugation technology platforms. Nektar has a robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics in pain, oncology, and other therapeutic areas. In the area of pain, Nektar has an exclusive worldwide license agreement with AstraZeneca for naloxegol (NKTR-118), an investigational drug candidate, which is being evaluated in Phase 3 clinical studies as a once-daily, oral tablet for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. This agreement also includes NKTR-119, an earlier stage development program that is a co-formulation of naloxegol and an opioid. NKTR-181, a novel mu-opioid analgesic in development to treat chronic pain, has completed Phase 1 development and is being prepared for a Phase 2 study. NKTR-192, a novel mu-opioid analgesic in development to treat acute pain is in Phase 1 clinical development. In oncology, NKTR-102 is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study (the BEACON study) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and is also in Phase 2 studies for the treatment of ovarian and colorectal cancers.

Nektar's technology has enabled eight approved products in the U.S. or
Europe through partnerships with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including Affymax's OMONTYS® for anemia, UCB's Cimzia® for Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis, Roche's PEGASYS® for hepatitis C and Amgen's Neulasta® for neutropenia. Additional development-stage products that leverage Nektar's proprietary technology platform include
Baxter's BAX 855, a long-acting PEGylated rFVIII program, which is in Phase 1 clinical development.

Nektar is headquartered in
San Francisco, California, with additional operations in
Huntsville, Alabama and
Hyderabad, India. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at
http://www.nektar.com.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking StatementsThis press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "expect," "may," "will" and similar references to future periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include, among others, statements regarding the expected closing of the Senior Secured Notes offering; the estimate regarding multiple years of working capital available to us following completion of the offering; our financial guidance for 2012; and the value and potential of certain drug candidates being developed by us and our collaboration partners. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on information currently available to us and speak only as of today. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others, (i) if the offering of the Senior Secured Notes is successfully completed, the number of years of working capital available to us could vary widely based on unanticipated revenue short-falls and unplanned expenses and liabilities; (ii) the Senior Secured Notes include a number of covenants and conditions and, in certain cases, if we fail to comply with these covenants and conditions, the maturity date of the Senior Secured Notes could be accelerated and penalties and premiums could apply, (iii) our drug candidates and those of our collaboration partners are in various stages of clinical development and the risk of failure is high and can unexpectedly occur at any stage prior to regulatory approval for numerous reasons including safety and efficacy findings even after positive findings in preclinical and clinical studies; (iv)management's financial projections for 2012 are subject to the significant risk of unplanned revenue shortfalls, unplanned expenses, and expenses being higher than planned, any of which could significantly and adversely affect our 2012 annual financial results; (v) certain other important risks and uncertainties set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4, 2012 and our Form 8-K filed today. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Nektar Investor and Press Inquiries
Jennifer Ruddock650-283-6253

Susan Noonan/SA Noonan Communications, LLC 212-966-3650

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